(3) The authors tout the success of 2/4 ABCT using the Distributed Common Ground Station-Army (DCGS-A) to publish an enemy SITTEMP to other digital mission command systems, specifically the Command Post of the Future (CPOF) and the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2).
mission command systems and allowing all formations to share a digital COP that includes the enemy SITTEMP. The Danish 1st Armored Infantry Battalion Royal Life Guards tested this system during JMRC training exercise Combined Resolve III.
Comparable units with near identical assets, resources, and enemy situation templates (
SITTEMPs) frequently enjoy widely disparate results on the ground in combat.
Although highly successful, the transmission of Enemy SITTEMP and NAI overlays resulted in some minor confusion.
In essence, leaders at all levels had near instantaneous access to SITTEMPS, SPOTREPS, and analyst assessments across the BCT footprint.
The scenario allowed the analysts to employ Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) functionality of the DCGS-A, develop Enemy SITTEMPS, and correlate data using the DCGS-A.
S2 Plans section members generate the Intelligence portion of the Military Decision Making Process with products such as
SITTEMPs and enemy courses of action.
(2.) "MCOO" is the modified combined obstacle overlay and "
SITTEMPS" expands to situation templates.